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Sandwich Islands

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1. Sandwich Islands - Noun

2. Sandwich Islands - Proper noun

Meaning

a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific

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It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. Source: Internet

Argentina continues to claim sovereignty over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Source: Internet

For some postal services the sale of stamps to collectors who will never use them is a significant source of revenue; for example, stamps from Tokelau, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Niuafo´ou and many others. Source: Internet

A few days later, a group of Mormons led by Samuel Brannan, a printer from New York, arrived aboard a chartered vessel, the Brooklyn, on which they had traveled around the Horn and over to the Sandwich Islands. Source: Internet

He called on the UK Government to create a complete no-take zone around the South Sandwich Islands to protect them from fishing, and he also wants increased environmental protection for the waters around South Georgia. Source: Internet

It has a total land area of convert, including satellite islands (but excluding the South Sandwich Islands which form a separate island group). Source: Internet

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